Oof, was not expecting the interview to get so real towards the end. I think a lot of people imagine that those who commit suicide are sad, but it's not so much about sadness as it is about hopelessness. Most kids have a sense of direction and accomplishment as they work through coming of age and the education system. After that though, the goal posts are gone. Some people find jobs, get married, have their own kids, pursue other hobbies and interests to keep themselves busy and fill the void and that works well for them, but many just wander through the motions living day-to-day never knowing what they actually want to do. They lose that sense of something to work towards and accomplish. Financial and/or family needs add further pressure. And the older you get, the more difficult taking care of your own health becomes while balancing everything else. You work hard, then come home to more housework, then maybe get the weekend to distract yourself before you're back to work again. It just becomes a cycle and the more aware of that you become the more you lose hope. Suicide isn't so much about wanting to die as it is about not wanting to live.

He makes this impression of being someone very aware of darkness and sorrow and determined to find more than just that in his life and the world.

i feel when he was talking about the situation the kids are in those days hes also talking about the how japan faced an economic crisis in the 90s, japanese work culture and the expectations japan has on their youth and it warms my heart how he feels a need to remind people of the good times we have in life and even though japan was going through a rough patch that the future will one day brighter. I also liked how he talked about utena's motivations and how most people would view them as ridiculous but in reality us doubting her to be whoever she wants to be as ridiculous.

Met him in 2011 at a convention could say two words to him but I wished I spoke Japanese better. At that time, I just entered Japanese studies in the university so I wasn’t able to communicate that much. He was very nice and approachable. Such a treat! Still have his sign on my Utena dvd box ❤️

the last part made me cry so hard. i really, really can’t imagine a future. i really didn’t know what i expected when watching an interview with ikughara on rgu, but this was pretty much it. god i can’t stop crying.

this is the first time i am seeing a video of Ikuhara speaking and i don't know what expectations i had before but i feel like he met all of them also this interview has the same energy as the show, and i love it

I can tell he is the director, he has the flawless look of the series ✨🌹

This guy makes me so sad and so happy.

This guy is a GOD!! The more I watch Utena and fans' analyses l, the more I think this guy created a master piece. Utena is the allegory of allegories.

@Justin-yt7pi

2 жыл бұрын

what the hell? You're weird for referring Ikuhara as a god.

@erilovegrove1622

Жыл бұрын

@@Justin-yt7pi why's it weird? its just a word of praise

@ArizonaKuriyama

Жыл бұрын

You could even say, the allegoriest of allegorier allegories xd

Oh wow, most of this is actually comprehensible by Ikuhara standards! Thank you very much for uploading this!

The last almost got me into tears

The more I see from this guy the more I love him

he really does remind me of kaoru.

@bennn8716

6 жыл бұрын

Me too

What he says about the lack of imagination when it comes to imagining the future is incredible to me considering he was saying this so many years before both Capitalist Realism and Inventing the Future were written Truly ahead of his time both as an artist and as a thinker

you can tell in that last question how long he'd been thinking about a lot of the stuff that informed penguindrum

天才は凡人には理解できないものを生み出すって言うじゃん。まさにそれだよね。笑 てか、結構イケメンだな〜。

he's amazing

Ikuhara over here looking like he just wants to live a quiet life

Omg! Thanks for uploading this! This's great! Though I need to rewatch to fully understand everything 😅

Simply god

Love his "dayo ne"

based

I didn't think I'll found this ? Cuz some comments say that the interview is just vailable on the VHS but I found it here so

Revolunary girl uthena it's close to be my favorite anime

So this is what I got from watching this interview..... remember when you just started watching utena revolutionary girl for the first time and you were like "what the hell" yep it's the same reaction I got at first but when you watch it again your like "ohh"...cause I'm here watching this video like okii stop wait a sec what?!😯😅😂 Lol Maybe it's just me

bro is just an egg enfaite

Kunihiko Ikuhara sucks! >:(

@nicholasceciliafaye

7 жыл бұрын

I wholeheartedly agree! :D Kunihiko Ikuhara has often just gone too far! >:( I dislike Kunihiko Ikuhara! >:(

@Marta-9

7 жыл бұрын

芝菲鋒 what did he do?

@Sarubadooru

5 жыл бұрын

He has gone too far; he's too good.

@mibukdesjarlais534

5 жыл бұрын

Oh fuck of haters......😑

@user-ol5bs9ih8v

5 жыл бұрын

Tell me, why do you like Ikuhara then?! :I